Horace Willey

Horace Willey

I am trying to find information on my fathers family. He was born in Seaford, Delaware. His father also Horace was born in Bridgeville, Delaware. My ggrandfather was named Alfred Willey and his wife was Annie Hill. Does anyone have more infromation for me? Thanks

Re: Horace Willey

Some specific dob, dod might help.I have an Alfred and a Horace that were brothers one generation short of your Alfred. There were born in early 1850's. I have their ancestry but haven't worked their lines forward yet. And they were in the Bridgeville area. A few years later 1860 there was born an Ambrose Willey whose wife was Annie E. LNU and who had a son named Horace.So we have Horace H. Willey b.4/1896 (son of Ambrose), and a Horace B. Willey b. 7/1894 md to a Ruth.

Re: Horace Willey

I do have some dates that I can add. For Alfred Lee Willey the dob was 6/13/1859. For Horace Manlove Mustard Willey, I have born in Bridgeville, De. Sept. 29, 1883 died May 28, 1938. For Horace Albert Willey I have born in Seaford, De. May 8, 1920. Any information would be appreciated.

Re: Horace Willey

OK, now we're getting somewhere. Horace M. Willey left the Eastern Shore and md. a New York Gal, whose name I forget. He's in Conneticut in the 1920 or 1930 census (again I forget- but you can find him easy enough) His children on that census where all born in Conn.

As for Alfred, his family runs very quickly into my brickwall, John Willey md. to Margaret Higman. I would like to think that this John Willey is th second son of Absalom Willey, but there's no proof and His childrens names just don't match up with the ususal names. My line descends from Cannon's brother John and his son, Edwin.

Ancestors of Alfred L. Willey

Generation No. 1

1. Alfred L. Willey, born June 13, 1858; died June 15, 1931. He was the son of 2. Cannon Willey and 3. Sinah A. Layton. He married (1) Della E.. She was born September 10, 1872, and died September 01, 1931.

Generation No. 2

2. Cannon Willey, born 1819 in Sussex Co., DE; died December 21, 1879. He was the son of 4. John Willey and 5. Margaret Higman. He married 3. Sinah A. Layton July 23, 1848. 3. Sinah A. Layton, born 1827.

The 1930 census shows No Horace but Cora is still living in Hartford on Liberty ST. HoH Age 41 md @20 and listed as married (not widowed)Alfred P. 18, Charles C. 14, Horace A. 9 and Etta L. Cowles Rel- Dau. Age 19 md@16 and Albert H. Cowles Grandson Age 1. ANother Daughter is also listed Alice L. Simmons age 23 md@16. Finally a boarder- John L. McKenzie age 16

There is another Horace Willey listed in 1930 in Seaford, Married but no family info given but the age is off by about 6 years. (51 vs 46) That age doesn't match up with any of the Horace Willeys in previous censuses.

Re: Horace Willey

I believe that I have a Hiram Willey who married "Mary". They had daughter Jennie May Willey and possibly son Thomas.

Jennie married Thaddeus A.R. Phillips who had family in Delmar. After marriage, Thaddeus lived in Newcastle DE where my GM was born. The family moved to Philadelphia about 1900 where Thaddeus and a brother built homes.

I noted that the Hiram listed was also a carpenter and also moved to Philadelphia where he died.